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Comment This is worse on Canon printers (Score 3, Interesting) 182

Canon MG5500 series printers will throw error 5B00 over time, as an internal counter on the printer decides that the ink pads are saturated and need to be replaced. The printer redirects to Canon for service⦠except that Canon will not perform the service on the printers they consider too old. Here again, the operation can be performed ay home instead, and a Windows-only utility can be found on the internet to reset the printer. After this experience I wanted to switch to Epson, but this shows they are all the same.

Comment Re:Did the warning expose a flaw? (Score 1) 47

Yes, it's quite difficult to get from the summary or TFA what exactly is the issue. The official message is now that there is no weakness, but I do not know how much truth is in that.
"“UIDAI issued Aadhaar card holders are only advised to exercise normal prudence in using and sharing their UIDAI Aadhaar numbers. Aadhaar Identity Authentication ecosystem has provided adequate features for protecting and safeguarding the identity and privacy of the Aadhaar holder.”

Comment Re: DO IT. (Score 1) 252

Facebook is entrenched⦠but not as much as you think. Have you seen the number of people that have flocked away from WhatsApp to Signal, just because they changed a few lines in their EULA that no one reads ? Maybe you have not seen it in the US, but I have certainly seen it in the EU. Leaving the EU market because they do not want to respect the European law would be terrible for FB. Expect a local copycat within six months⦠After all, almost nothing that Facebook does and that is prized by their users is very difficult to make. Their real expertise is in data analytics that only the advertisers care about. Call them the real users if you want⦠And their biggest strength is their installed market share. Which would be severely affected if they were to leave EU.

Comment Re: Where do they spend it? (Score 1) 80

Because what they want are actual weapons they can actually use in case of war (be it triggered by them or by an external attack on their territory - the latter possibility being the most likely). And they want the political and deterrent power that comes with these weapons. North Korea is a harsh dictature, but is not a terrorise state. What would it gain from smuggling bombs inside the U.S. ?

Comment IEEE parallel (Score 2) 70

On IEEE articles there has been for a decade a footnote on the downloaded PDFs: Authorized licensed use limited to: XXX. Downloaded on YYY at ZZZ UTC from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply.
I think the message is pretty clear and nobody says this is to prevent ransomware. At any rate, itâ(TM)s probably better than a stealthy fingerprint.

Comment Re:! DRM (Score 1) 55

Have you seen the actual "error" message ?

A toner cartridge with the wrong item number is inserted. If this toner cartridge is used, remaining toner information cannot be detected properly.
A cartridge that is not a Canon product may be inserted. For information about toner cartridge item numbers, refer to Check Item Number. To use this cartridge, press [I Agree]

So it's not DRM indeed, and it is not even misleading for users using non-EOM cartridge.

Comment Re:No wonder they're pissed at us (Score 1) 53

Huawei has been put onto the entity list with the "presumption of denial" status. While not unprecedented, it is indeed a very radical move which is hard to justify. This list was initially created to prevent entities disseminating weapons of mass destruction from gaining access to critical technologies. But it is now also used as a political tool, since it can include entities conducting "activities sanctioned by the State Department and activities contrary to U.S. national security and/or foreign policy interests".
When on the entity list, you are essentially banned from using any software or electrical component coming from the US (even things as simple as diodes or transistors), or components using US technology (which can be a very wide concept...).

Comment Re: Well of course they suck (Score 1) 40

In this case, one of the "issues" of machine learning is that the algorithm is not going to be any clearer than her headcanon. Of course, you could look at the training dataset (1 million pictures of the real world and 91,749 image of artworks by various artists according), but I do not think it will do you much good to explain the coloring choices that were made by the algorithm. And do not forget that other headcannons were used for the training of the algorithm:
We made several iterations: it had to match the ten pages worth of historical commentary about the paintings, in addition to Dr. Smola’s expert judgment as a result of studying Klimt’s artworks over several decades.

In the case of the art curator, at least you can ask her questions.

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